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FOOTBALL

M-barrassing

They don’t understand it, either. Another Saturday and another win just out of reach for the Spartan football team, this one more painful than the rest because it came at the hands of their biggest rival. Following the game, junior quarterback Brian Hoyer was at a loss for words. He doesn’t know why his team keeps coming so close, only to fall short.

FOOTBALL

Bending and breaking

When Michigan quarterback Chad Henne limped off the field Saturday with around seven minutes remaining in the game, Spartans fans thought they caught a break.

FOOTBALL

Making their move

Ever since head coach Mark Dantonio came to MSU, the Spartans have been seeing red. The glowing red digits on the clock he installed in their locker room remind them just how much time remains until their chance to prove they’re not “little brother.”

BASKETBALL

Spartans to open preseason

When the MSU men’s basketball team takes the court tonight for its first exhibition game of the season, it’s going to go up against a Grand Valley State University team that faces the same high expectations as themselves heading into the 2007 season.

FOOTBALL

Rivalry game? MSU vs. U-M football isn't

Hello, my MSU friends. I’m back. You may remember me from having the same assignment last season — a dueling column with a Spartan writer, talking up my school while pointing out your flaws.

BASKETBALL

Izzo expects return of up-tempo offense

Last season, the MSU men’s basketball team averaged 65 points a game playing in a slow-tempo half-court offense. The Spartans were forced into the half-court system due to the lack of backcourt depth, which featured senior guard Drew Neitzel, junior guard Travis Walton, sophomore forward Raymar Morgan and not much else.